TI, Apple lead down day for tech stocks

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Leading technology stocks retreated Tuesday, with Texas Instruments
TXN, -0.28%
falling $1.03, or almost 4 percent, to close at $26.34, and Apple Computer
AAPL, -0.13%
down $2.22, or more than 5 percent, to end the day at $40.53. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index
$compq
fell 16.7 points to close at 2,073.

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